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Forthcoming LSE Public Lectures
3rd September 2010
The programme of public lectures at the LSE for September and October has just been published and I have picked out a selection that I intend to go to - as usual the standard looks to be exceptionally high.
On Writing: High, Low and everything in Between
Date: Wednesday 22 September 2010 6.30pm
Location: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Professor Simon Schama
Is There a French Mentality?
Date: Tuesday 05 October 2010 6.30pm
Location: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Speaker: Maurice Fraser, Lucy Wadham
23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism
Date: Tuesday 05 October 2010 6.30pm
Location: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Ha-Joon Chang
The Economist as Philosopher: Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes on human nature, social progress and economic change
Date: Wednesday 06 October 2010 6.30pm
Location: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Nicholas Phillipson, Professor Lord Skidelsky
Power Shift: West to East
Date: Wednesday 13 October 2010 6.30pm
Location: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Speaker: Professor Michael Cox, Professor Arne Westad
The Political Economy of the Cold War
Date: Monday 18 October 2010 6.30pm
Location: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Niall Ferguson
The Rule of Law
Date: Tuesday 19 October 2010 6.30pm
Location: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speaker: Lord Bingham of Cornhill
All events are free and the majority are available on a first come first served basis. Further details can be found here The Old Theatre and theatres in the New Academic Building are a 15-20 minute stroll over the bridge from Waterloo station.
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.